Now on the road of the vehicle, in addition to some performance sports cars and trucks, to see the manual gear lever on the car the chance can be said to be minimal, even now to the driving school to test the driver's license, the tuition fee of the manual gear is more expensive than the automatic gear, which was placed 20 years ago or even 10 years ago is an unthinkable ending.
Due to changes in the general environment, whether it is driving habits or the pursuit of more rapid vehicle response, coupled with the rise of autonomous driving and electric vehicles. The market and usage of manual transmissions continue to decline, and it can even be said that they have been compressed, and many car manufacturers have officially announced the retirement of manual transmission systems. Among them, Volkswagen officially announced that its models will officially deactivate manual transmissions after 2030. This matter has a great impact on the global car market, manual car models are still the car market has a lot of market share, and the biggest reason for such a situation is the return to the rise of electric vehicles.
Because electric vehicles use motor drives, they are completely incompatible with manual transmissions in the transmission system, so that the manual transmission system can only face the fate of being released. According to the information disclosed by Volkswagen to the foreign media Auto Motor und Sport, the next-generation Tiguan, which will be sold from 2023, and the entire Pass system released in the same year, will all use automatic transmission systems. Of course, this influence will also extend to the audi i, Skoda and SEAT series of the same group.
But for fans who love manual transmissions, without manual transmissions, driving is equivalent to no fun, and even always feel that there is no place for one foot. Of course, if you really like the manual car, in addition to cherishing the existing manual car in hand, you can also take advantage of the current purchase of some classic manual cars as a collection.